How to Format SSD in Windows 10

key Takeaways

Right-click on the start button windows and select disc management, select the drive, and right-click to select the format option
Open file manager and select drive to right-click and select format.

Want to format SSD or a specific partition of it for various reasons like freeing up space or just want to clean up everything.

Here are two easy ways you can quickly able to format SSD on a Windows PC,

Note: Formatting add will erase all your data stored inside. Make sure to backup all data in a separate drive to restore in case of need.

1. Format SSD using disc management

You can quickly able to format your Windows SSD and its partition using the disc management tool in Windows 10 PC.

Open disc management click on the Windows start icon and click on disc management.

In disc management select the drive you want to format and right-click on it.

After clicking the format option is given to format SSD to erase all stored data inside it.

To format SSD using a file manager is similar to disc management,

Open the file manager and click on this PC located in the middle in the left sidebar.

Select the drive and right-click to select the format option.

After selecting the format option follow the instructions to successfully format that drive.